Green parties, green future : from local groups to the international stage / Per Gahrton ; foreword by Caroline Lucas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gahrton, Per, author.

Lucas, Caroline, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pluto Press 2015

London : Pluto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past four decades the world has seen a 'green awakening'. Green parties have been elected to parliaments and councils all over the world. A common set of environmental priorities have been promoted by green internationalisation and these parties are playing an increasing role at all levels of political decision-making. Will this awakening continue or will the greens be corrupted by power? What impact has their politics had? Will green thinking be able to compete with other ideologies in coping with the problems of the 21st century? Green Parties, Green Future analyses over a hundred of these parties' experience from all over the world. It reveals the story of the expansion and development of the movement, from local environmental groups to national and global decision-makers.

Contents:

Introduction : the Greens, towards hegemony in the Anthropocene

The Green awakening

Green philosophy, science and social theory

Green parties all over the world

Green policies : building stones of a Green ideology

Greens in governments

Green global governance for the twenty-first century

Appendix: Green parties in 100 countries.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-234) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 8, 2015).

ISBN:

9781783715084

1783715081

OCLC:

919479210

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access